- Standing orders, or protocols, establish guidelines for treating a specific disease or set of symptoms.
- In assessing a patient’s heart, the nurse normally finds the point of maximal impulse at the fifth intercostal space, near the apex.
- The S1 heard on auscultation is caused by closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves.
- In assessing a patient’s heart, the nurse normally finds the point of maximal impulse at the fifth intercostal space, near the apex.
- The S1 heard on auscultation is caused by closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves.